Originally Recorded by: W.D. Campbell, F.D. McCarthy
Campbell Reference: NARRABEEN Plate 8 Fig 16 in Aboriginal Carving of Port Jackon and Broken Bay (Download)
McCarthy reference: NARRABEEN Group 92 (1) in Catalogue of Rock Engravings (1983)
Located on a small rock ledge in thick scrub not far from the busy Forest Way road is a single mundoe (foot) engraving. It is likely part of a large group of figures documented in 1899 by W.D. Campbell and later by McCarthy, which are now buried under scrub and soil.
Bordered by Wollemi and Yengo National Park, the Parr State Conservation Area has many indigenous heritge sites, including rock engravings, cave pintings and axe grinding grooves.
Many sites Aboriginal engraving sites across the inner suburbs of Sydney have been destroyed or are very weatheredl. The sites which remain are isolated from their natural environment.
The Blue Mountains National Park (and surrounding areas along the Great Western Highway) is thought to have over a thousand indigenous heritage sites, although much of the park has not been comprehensively surveyed. The Aboriginal rock sites in the Blue Mountains include grinding grooves, stensils, drawing and rock carvings.
There are about 300 recorded Aboriginal heritage sites in Wollemi National Park, with the rugged and remote environment meaning many sites are yet to be "discovered" and recorded.
Hornsby Shire - which is the largest LGA in the Greater Sydney Metropolitan region - contains approximately 600 recorded Aboriginal rock art sites (and over 1,200 Aboriginal heritage sites). These date back from thousands of years to post-European contact art.
The Greater Blue Mountains World Heritage Area protects over 3,000 known Aboriginal heritage sites, and many more which are yet to be recorded. This area includes the Blue Mountains National Park, Gardens of Stone, Wollemi National Park and Yengo National Park.
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